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Kanwal Rekhi: From a Middle-Class Boy to the ‘Godfather of Silicon Valley’s Indian Mafia’

Kanwal Rekhi: From a Middle-Class Boy to the ‘Godfather of Silicon Valley’s Indian Mafia’

by Vikram Sharma | Jan 31, 2026

(January 31, 2026) On a freezing cold night in 1967, Kanwal Rekhi arrived at the Michigan Tech campus as a student. He was part of the first wave of Indian émigrés, known as the $8 Men — a moniker born out of India’s effort to stem the loss of brainpower by allowing...

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Global Indian – a Hero’s Journey is an online publication which showcases the journeys of Indians who went abroad and have had an impact on India. 

These journeys are meant to inspire and motivate the youth to aspire to go beyond where they were born in a spirit of adventure and discovery and return home with news ideas, capital or network that has an impact in some way for India.

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